Names Numbering the Night

So, I learned a neat little writing... tool or trick, maybe? If you're writing some pretty fantastical stuff, the names of stars used in navigation serve as pretty great inspiration for character, location, etc. names. Check it out for yourself.

Yep, Mining Asteroids

While I'm a bit late to the party, the news is pretty exciting all the same. I was certainly hoping as much, but it's nice to actually know for sure. Guess we're nearly in the future now.
And, uh, well, this is an update, so there.

宇宙 キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!

Fascinating news story, folks. Looks like that predicted trend of privately owned corporations/wealthy citizens picking up national slack with regard to space exploration may finally be coming true. But I mostly have to give props to this logo:

The news story itself already sounds like the prologue to a cyberpunk novel, and it looks a lot like Planetary Resources' logo team must have thought so too. Pretty snazzy.